Improvement in machines for cutting off lead-pencils



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1b i all whom "twicty donnera i Y l; Be it known that iva-Putfile Senesev audPHILIr HUFELAND, of the deity, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machinery for Cutting ott" Lead-Pencils; an'd we;- do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear,v and exact description thereof, which will enable thoseY` sliilledin `the art to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanyingdrawing forming part of this specification, in which drawing- "l igure l represents a plan, or. top view of this invention, the top `of the inclosing-jacket having been rbmoved to expose the working parts.

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Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

`l il'lhis invent-ion consists inthe arrangement of a yframe capable o't cbntaining a series of leadpencils,'

and provided'with two shoulders, situated onopposite sildes,and` one slightly `in `advance of the other, in l cmbinationwith a guide-.rail and with a moving surd health of the operator.-

ljIn'the drawing-'- l lli'lhe letter A designates a drum, Amade ot' wood or any other suitable material, and covered with saudpaper or other material of a similar nature, capable ot' producing a cutting or grinding-surface. l

lSaid drum is mounted on'a shaft, B, `which has its hearing in the `sides of aframe, D, supporting a box, Ol which completely incloses they drum, with the excep- 'tinn of anarrow space, through which the pencils to i be cut are introduced and ting-surface of the drum.

pressed up against the cntlOn the frame D, and opposite the open space in the box C, is secured a rail,', .which forms the guide for the tiame E, carrying thepencils to be cut.

frame is made' of halves, which are connected'bya hinge, and each ot' which is provided with a lseiiesof semi-circular cavities vto receive the pen- 'ci1sso that, when the frame is opened, a number of pencils canbe placed in the cavities of one half, and,

by` closing the frame, said pencils are rmly clamped 4and retained.

iWhen clamped in the ibi-ame, the pencils bear with ,thu ir rear ends against anr abutment, b, as shown inv l Letters Patent No. 103,241, dated May 17 1870.

l Figure 2 is a transverse `vertical section .of the A .l Figure 3 is a detached `section ofthe frameuse-d forv holding the lead-pencils while the same are beingcut.

rnitirsonnne AND PHILIP HUFELAND, or NEW' YORK, N. Y.

IMISROVEMENT" MACHINES POR CUTTING CFF LEAD-PENCILS.

The Schedule referred to inlthese Letters Patent and making pari: of 111e same.

y i fig. 3 ofthe drawing, while their front ends project beyond the frame, so that they can'be brought to bearf ,againstthe cutting-surface of the drum.

, The frame Eis provided'withtwo shoulders del', one

cuttingoti the rst ends of the pencils the forward shoulderd is turned down, andthe frame, being situated on the rail a, is pressed up againstthe drum until said lshoulder-cl strikes the rail. The pencils are then as to bring the rear shoulder d down, and the second' ends of the pencils are cut Yoi. as before.V Y

Thisioperatio'n of turning the frame vis necessary,

the shoulder Z would n ot allow said frame to advance near enough toward Ythecutting-surtace ofv the. drum to cut off the second end of the pencils; but, by turniugthe frame, and by placing the shoulder d in the rear of the shoulder (l, the second ends of the pencils can befcut otl, and all the pencils are thus'cut to a uniform length. From the bottoni part of the case C extends atnbc, F,which connects with an exhaustan, so that the dust created by the grinding operation is carried ott', and prevented from annoying the operator. By these means the operationoi' cutting off lead pencils is materially simplified. No saw or iiles are required, the wood ot' the pencils is`not liable to split, and the grindingsurface ot the drum `can be readily cils are brought in sucha'cundition that a small shaving taken oit" from-their ends, after the pencils have been varnished, leaves said'endsin the required condition. v

It' desired, the cutting material may be applied to the side of the drum, or an endless belt might be lused to produce a similar eitect, but we use, by prei'- erence, a drum, as shown.

Vhat we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letterslateut, is-

1. The clamping-frame E, provided with shoulders d d', .in combination with a guide-rail, a., and with a 'moving grinding-surface, substantially as herein shown and described. v

2. rlhe arrangement of a jacket or box, C, inclosingr the cutting-drum A, with the clamping-frame E and the tube F, for connecting with au exhaust-fan, substantially as herein shown and described,I and Vfor the purpose set forth.

March, 187i). l

` PHILIP SGHRAG.

PH. HUFELAND.

Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, v E. F. KASTENHUBER.

oi`i=x`vlzricli` is slightly in advance of the other, and in turned in the frame, and the frame isalso turned, soI

because, itlthe peneilswere simply -turnedin the frame,

renewed, at comparatively smallexpeusm andthe penlhis specification signed by us this 14th day otv i 

